After ninety minutes, the siren sounded again.
The Wellow crowd went silent as they held their breath and waited for the fanfare and drum roll.
Steve Wright then announced. “The second-place runner-up is...” Another hip-hop tune played and Steve Wright said. “The Sky Pilots from BBC Radio Hampshire with... Don’t let it Rain.”
Groans went around the lounge, with disappointment edged across the customer’s faces and Fossils smiled at one another.
Elvin whispered to Steve, “Looks like we didn’t even make the top three. I feel relieved about that.”
Steve nodded, smiled, and grabbed another whisky from the piles of glasses on the table.
With a nervous tension in the air as the show reached its climax, and everyone knew that when the siren sounded again, it would be to announce the winner.
